John Yonge (c. 1465 – 25 April 1516) was an

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ecclesiastic and

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ist, who also served as Master of the Rolls from 1507 until his death. He is not to be confused with his contemporary

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(1463–1526).

Life

John Yonge was born at

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, and educated at

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and

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, where he became a fellow in 1485. Probably the son of John Yonge, Lord Mayor of London (elected 1466), he was ordained in 1500 and held several livings (and the office of Archdeacon of Barnstaple) before receiving his first diplomatic mission to arrange a commercial treaty with the archduke of Austria in 1504, and in the

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in 1506 in connection with the projected marriage between Henry VII and Margaret of Savoy. In 1507 he was made Master of the Rolls, and in the following year was employed in various diplomatic missions. He was one of the ambassadors who arranged the

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in 1513, and accompanied

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during the ensuing campaign. He was on terms of close friendship with

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, and was a correspondent of

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. In 1514 he was made

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in succession to Wolsey, and in 1515 he was one of the commissioners for renewing the peace with

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. In the same year he became archdeacon of Barnstaple. Yonge died in London on 25 April 1516. His effigial tomb monument is in the former Rolls Chapel, now part of the Maughan Library,

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Arms

The arms pictured here relate to John Yonge, Somerset Herald and are not those pictured above on the tomb of John Yonge.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonge, John 1460s births 1516 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Deans of York Archdeacons of Barnstaple English officers of arms People educated at Winchester College People from Cherwell District 16th-century English clergy Masters of the Rolls 16th-century English diplomats Year of birth uncertain